ROYAL OAK - In February, Amazon Web Services went down for up to 12 hours leaving millions of customers using this public cloud off line. Online Tech offers its Disaster Recovery as a Service product that guarantees its customers that if an outage occurs, they will be back on line in under 10 minutes. Nick
PONTIAC - CloudTech1 is hosting the March 27 Tech248 at Fillmore 13 Brewery where CEO Rick Beckers will post the question, “Let’s make IoT a RIoT in Michigan.” Beckers said Fillmore 13 Brewery can accommodate up to 125 people and nearly 80 are registered so far. So act today by registering by March 23 at
ROYAL OAK - On M2 TechCast Monday March 20, Melih Oztalay from SmartFinds Marketing will talk about the latest social media trends. Jeff Hall from Siemens will talk about the Manufacturing in America conference March 22-23 at the Renaissance Center. Plus Dan Lohrmann will warn us about possible hacker threats to the U.S. power grid.
ANN ARBOR - A new combustion turbine at the University of Michigan's Central Power Plant is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly, lowering emission levels halfway toward the university's 2025 sustainability goal. The 15-megawatt combustion turbine, which will be housed in a 12,000-square-foot addition, is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP - Calling for both work and faith that "this city and this nation will once again shine with industrial might," President Donald Trump told auto executives and an audience largely made up of autoworkers in Ypsilanti Township that he will ensure any regulations dealing with the auto industry protect jobs in the United
BENTON HARBOR — OK, so it’s not a spy microwave. But Whirlpool Corp. has announced the introduction of a French door refrigerator from Jenn-Air featuring WiFi connectivity. In addition to a range of smart features, from remote control to maintenance reminders, the new model offers generous capacity and a host of food preservation features to
ANN ARBOR — The Ann Arbor-based Association for Advancing Automation announced a joint U.S.-China Robotics Forum, to be held April 4 at the Automate 2017 Show and Conference at Chicago’s McCormick Place. The forum will bring together A3’s Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the North American robotics industry trade organization, and its counterpart, the China Robot
AUBURN HILLS — The Zürich, Switzerland-based technology company ABB has sold its first robot manufactured in the United States. The IRB 2600 robot is the first to be produced at the ABB Auburn Hills plant, and was sold by ABB reseller CIM Systems Inc., based in Milan, Italy, to Hitachi Powdered Metals USA Inc. of
SAN FRANCISCO - If you use WhatsApp or Telegram on your web browser, you'll want to shut down the browser and start it up again to keep hackers from taking over your account. A group of researchers from cybersecurity firm Check Point revealed Wednesday that the web browser version of these popular encrypted-messaging apps had
WASHINGTON DC - The Justice Department on Wednesday said it's indicted four hackers responsible for the second-largest online breach in history. Two of the alleged hackers were Russian spies under the Federal Security Service -- the country's FBI equivalent that's better known as the FSB -- while the other two were identified as hired criminals.
